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TERME PRÉFÉRENTIEL

VARVE DEPOSITS  

DÉFINITION

  • A sedimentary bed or lamina or sequence of laminae (thin layers) deposited in a body of silt or still water within a year's time. Usually refers to glacial varves resulting from seasonally deposited meltwater streams in a glacial lake or other body of still water. Counting the varves have been used to measure glacial deposits.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/4ad60c3b-f72e-4f54-9d3e-0048373c166d

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